Listing Files on HTTP Sites
To list files on HTTP Sites
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Connect to an HTTP Site within CuteFTP.
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Files on the Site will be listed in the remote pane.
When you connect to HTTP Sites in CuteFTP, the Sites do not list file sizes, attributes, or dates like FTP Sites do. This is because HTTP listings are not actual lists of files on the server.
CuteFTP downloads the server's index.html file and parses it, looking for links. Each link is then listed as an available file in the HTTP Site's window. Because this is not an actual file listing, there may be files on the HTTP Site not accessible to CuteFTP. Also, some of the files may just be links that lead to another HTTP Site.
If you connect to an HTTP Site that does not support the listing of folder contents, CuteFTP attempts to guess the contents of the HTTP server by scanning its Web pages.